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  • User documentation for NodeBB

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    Jay MoonahJ

    One of the first important things to do after setting up NodeBB is to set up an emailer plugin. While NodeBB does include a local emailer, if your forum is particularly active we recommend using an third-party emailer such as SendGrid which provides better deliverability for sites that send a high volume of email. Setting up SendGrid in NodeBB is very easy.

    Open the administrative dashboard using the 'gear' icon on your forum. Open the Extend > Plugins menu, and select the Find Plugins tab. Use the search on the right. Type 'SendGrid' and the plugin should appear -- select Install when you see it. From Installed tab on the Plugins menu, search again for 'SendGrid' and select Activate. Activating the plugin will require a restart of your forum. To restart, select the Dashboard menu and press the Restart button to the right. After NodeBB restarts, the SendGrid plugin will be active.

    After you restart, there should be a item called Emailer (SendGrid) under the Plugins menu -- if you don't see this right away, try refreshing your browser.

    Sign up to SendGrid

    Go to the SendGrid website, open the pricing page and scroll to the bottom. Click on the link and create your free account. Once you've confirmed your SendGrid account via email, you should be able to login to the SendGrid website. On the left side of your SendGrid dashboard, open Settings and click on API Keys. Click the button in the top right to create a new key. Make sure that the key has Full Access for Send Mail and Alerts.  When you are done, the new key to your clipboard.

    Now, return to the SendGrid menu on your NodeBB admin panel. Paste the API key into the field, and save your changes. Now go back to the Dashboard to restart your forum one more time.

    SendGrid should now be working for your forum.

    YouTube Setting up SendGrid mailer for NodeBB

  • NodeBB guides, how-to's and general tips and tricks

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    phenomlabP

    @frontendjulien Always happy to help.

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    phenomlabP

    @baris updated to 3.7.2 and now just waiting for the plugin to be updated.

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    SOLVED

    In case anyone else has this problem, here's where I found what I needed.

    File: /nodebb/src/controllers/helpers.js
    Methods: buildCategoryBreadcrumbs and buildBreadcrumbs

    Editing those allowed me to get the behavior I was looking for. Although, I would be curious to know if there is a better way to do this without changing the source code.

  • Redis used memory

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    did you check the number of connections after one or two minutes again? I assume that the additional connection is triggered by your refresh and will be closed after some time

  • Installing an older NodeBB Version

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    Or for a fresh installation:
    git clone -b v0.6.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb

  • Pop-out chat time incorrect

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    @a_5mith

    just clicked around the acp and do not see a place the time is denoted. but, the time is correct in one placement and not another in the private messaging system. Surely this is not he intended functionality.

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    http://nodebb-francais.readthedocs.org/projects/nodebb/en/latest/installing/os.html

    Still not sure why these french docs are in English, but they seem to be mostly up to date.

  • Install NodeBB on VestaCP

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    @felirami I have it almost working properly on Digital Ocean, see if it works for you https://github.com/doppioslash/docker-builds

    My problem is, it's not answering on port 80 from my custom domain, even though it's exposed.

  • Facebook sso + Group only forums

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    Veljko RadovanovicV

    Now ive managed to get this error:

    11/11 04:38 [17046] - error: TypeError: Cannot call method 'trim' of undefined
    at Object.User.create (/var/www/html/forum/nodebb/src/user/create.js:17:33)
    at /var/www/html/forum/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-sso-facebook/library.js:160:12
    at try_callback (/var/www/html/forum/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:573:9)
    at RedisClient.return_reply (/var/www/html/forum/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:661:13)
    at ReplyParser.<anonymous> (/var/www/html/forum/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:309:14)
    at ReplyParser.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at ReplyParser.send_reply (/var/www/html/forum/nodebb/node_modules/redis/lib/parser/javascript.js:300:10)
    at ReplyParser.execute (/var/www/html/forum/nodebb/node_modules/redis/lib/parser/javascript.js:203:22)
    at RedisClient.on_data (/var/www/html/forum/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:534:27)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/var/www/html/forum/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:91:14)
    [cluster] Child Process (17046) has exited (code: 1, signal: null)
    [cluster] Spinning up another process...
    11/11 04:38 [17061] - info: Time: Wed Nov 11 2015 04:38:27 GMT-0500 (EST)
    11/11 04:38 [17061] - info: Initializing NodeBB v0.9.0

    11/11 04:38 [17061] - warn: [plugins/load] The following plugins may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing. In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run ./nodebb reset -p PLUGINNAME to disable it.

    nodebb-plugin-composer-default nodebb-plugin-markdown nodebb-plugin-mentions nodebb-widget-essentials nodebb-rewards-essentials nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone nodebb-plugin-gravatar-extended nodebb-plugin-sso-facebook nodebb-plugin-youtube-lite nodebb-theme-persona

    11/11 04:38 [17061] - info: [plugins/spam-be-gone] Settings loaded
    11/11 04:38 [17061] - info: NodeBB Ready
    11/11 04:38 [17061] - info: NodeBB is now listening on

  • Updating NodeBB (git error re: local changes)

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    @psychobunny said:

    Hey, you can install the gravatar plugin to reclaim those original images

    Thanks... I couldn't remember what plugin was called......

    There is now two of the gravatar plugins... Tried the first no go... Will give the other a try when I have time.

    Thanks again.

  • Ubuntu 14.04 autostartup

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    thanks for that boys I worked it out 😉

  • Global Sidebar vs Category Sidebar

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    It has some, just not many.

  • [RESOLVED] Users cannot post, You do not have enough privs

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    shatS

    @BDHarrington7 going to reinstall search and see if everything is working. I ended up removing all but mailgun and now going to see about enabling one by one to identify the culprit.

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    Check the docs for a list of steps:
    https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/configuring/proxies/nginx.html

    Also change location / to location ~^/

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    Thanks, we have it working now!

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    Charly86C

    I had back this problem a 2nd time 2 days ago, I don't know if it's related but I was doing iptables FW settings on the VM, I had nodeBB running, and also redis and from my computer desktop redis desktop manager connected to DB.
    Then I made a mistake in iptables, blocked all redis port (even local), saying nodebb unable to connect to redis (so as redis desktop manager) then when I openned back 6379 port, all data was gone, not sure if it's related, just an information.

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    julianJ

    @HEESUB-BAE Do either of the imported templates contain conditionals with ELSE?

    As far as I know, nested IF..ELSE does not work yet. I was wrong, it works perfectly fine.

  • Registration Error when using Safari V 9.0.1

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    julianJ

    Hi Dan! As advised via chat, can you log in successfully onto this forum via Safari?

  • What's the use of allow user home page

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    agusputraA

    @yariplus thanks

  • The problem with counter

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    Solved!

    <!--LiveInternet counter--><script type="text/javascript">jQuery(function($){$('.footer').append("<a href='//www.liveinternet.ru/click' target=_blank><img src='//counter.yadro.ru/hit?t14.1;r" + escape(document.referrer) + ((typeof(screen)=="undefined")?"":";s"+screen.width+"*"+screen.height+"*"+(screen.colorDepth?screen.colorDepth:screen.pixelDepth)) + ";u" + escape(document.URL) +";h"+escape(document.title.substring(0,80)) + ";" + Math.random() + "' border=0 width=88 height=31 alt='' title='LiveInternet: показано число просмотров за 24 часа, посетителей за 24 часа и за сегодня'><\/a>")});</script><!--/LiveInternet-->
  • Error updating to v0.9.x from v0.8.2

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    julianJ

    @SimonQ You can re-enable gravatar functionality by installing nodebb-plugin-gravatar.

  • Dont get category teaser for parent?

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    Unfortunately, I was unable to find a solution problem...

    But I found the problem for you!

    - Category teaser for parent still displayed if in the previous categories are no posts:

    0_1446856301913_1441498675224-1435600771604-1435399102367.jpg

    - When refresh the page is duplicated name of the topic.

    0_1446856658390_1441498675224-1435600771604-1435399102367.jpg

    - Bug timeago.

    If instead of seconds: "less than a minute" set seconds: "%d seconds" then post the time is 10 seconds, and will slowly drop to zero.

    @baris